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Peer reviewedRivard, Joseph D; Bieske, Gordon B. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Offers (1) a teaching strategy using contemporary music themes to increase adolescents' confidence and reading fluency; and (2) a brief description of four literacy programs from around the world which were UNESCO prize winners. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
Direct linkWeiner, Eric J. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
The Partnership for Reading (PFR) in the United States has recently thrown its hat into the ring of adult literacy research and practice. Its information about adult literacy comes, almost entirely, from the National Reading Panel's (NRP) data on children. Building its case from the NRP data, the PFR advocates for a narrow, school-based conception…
Descriptors: Individual Power, Social Change, Literacy Education, Adult Educators
